By those criteria, I recommend the Vertas Pro. It has machined Polycarbonate hubs for excellent Fingerspins. Of course there are many yoyos with great Fingerspin centering systems, but what makes the VP stand out is that the 7075 ring creates a nice IGR. The small size makes it easy to do Matador Play (Does that count as a grind?), and pull starts using the dimples.
It doesn’t have the best finish for Finger, Palm, or Arm Grinds; but it has a good finish for them; way better than it looks. It looks like it’s too shiny to be good at them.
So, good to excellent at Finger Grinds, Palm Grinds, Arm Grinds, Thumb Grinds, Talon Grinds, Fingerspins, Matador Play, and Pull Starts; all while being a nice playing yoyo. Because of this, it’s my usual EDC.
It’s 65g.
I’d like to add that it’s one of the highest quality Chinese Machined yoyos I own. Super smooth, unscrews and screws back together nicely, and doesn’t require a bearing removal tool.
Good call! The shape looks great for it and yoyofactory finishes are almost always pretty darn good for grinds. I liked the d10 but it wasn’t durable enough to me.
I don’t have the ND Ultra, but if it’s like the Horizon Ultra, it has an excellent grind surface, that is somewhat negated by it’s light weight. They are both 63g or so. Note, I’m not saying it’s not a great yoyo!
Also, keeping in line with the “good for the most types of grinds” idea, you might consider the Space Krown Ultra. I don’t have that one either, but it has that same awesome finish and material, is 65g, looks like it has a decent cup for FSs, and has an IGR…
I wish I had bought one instead of the Horizon Ultra.
YYO Vector was designed for grinds. It has axle nubs, so fingerspins don’t work too well. It can still handle Talon grinds, finger grinds, and thumb grinds.
For me, it has to be a diamond blasted Banshee, Sengoku Coldfire, or YoYoFriends Magpie. While none of these have a specific finger spin indent, all are totally capable of doing them and their profile designs are really good for talon and finger grinds. I think thumb grinds are probably not doable, but I haven’t seen a lot of these recently
I’m surprised that no one has mentioned the clyw compass. That thing is a grind machine! Silky smooth finish, nice V shape that sits on your finger well, it’s got a fat angled lip for thumb grinds, and a hub for finger spins.
Another vote here for the CLYW Manatee. I can’t do any fancy grind tricks but there is something so satifying about landing a finger grind and leaving it spin there for a while before binding it back up. Very relaxing!